Definition of Dwll
Dwell (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Dwelled (?), usually contracted into Dwelt
(&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling.] [OE.
dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to
deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel.
dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan.
dvæle to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull,
and cf. Dwale.] 1. To delay; to
linger. [Obs.]
2. To abide; to remain; to
continue.
I 'll rather dwell in my
necessity. Shak.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt
apart. Wordsworth.
3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a
time; to live in a place; to reside.
The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
possessions. Peacham.
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near
the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J.
Smith.
To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence,
to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell."
Shak. -- To dwell on or
upon, to continue long on or in; to remain
absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon
a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks
and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.
Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
stay; rest.
Dwell (?), v. t. To inhabit.
[R.] Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (intransitive) (formal or literary) To live; to reside
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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